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D−Outdoors
Outdoors in Hamshire

Few parks or trails are on the map in Hamshire

0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Hamshire, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 3.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Hamshire have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hamshire is ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

D−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hamshire’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 4%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Hamshire’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 29% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Hamshire. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
3Tennis
1Football
1Baseball
1Softball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Hamshire: April and May

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.411.111.912.913.614.113.913.212.311.410.610.2
High (°F)636672788590929289817164
Rain (in)5.03.33.63.94.66.35.46.26.15.34.64.8

February is the driest month (3.3 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hamshire →

Questions about parks and trails in Hamshire

How much of Hamshire is conserved land?

under 1% of its land, against a typical 2% for a Texas town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Is there public land near Hamshire?

310 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hamshire or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Hamshire have?

Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Hamshire neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →